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  • The game was easy as shooting fish in a barrel.
    Metaphor
    Simile
    Personification
  • It was raining cats and dogs outside.
    Hyperbole
    Idiom
    Metaphor
  • You are a couch potato
    Metaphor/Idiom
    Metaphor
    Idiom
  • This bag weighs a ton.
    Hyperbole
    Metaphor
    Personification
  • Kick the bucket.
    Hyperbole
    Idiom
    Simile
  • The fire swallowed the entire forest.
    Hyperbole
    Personification
    Idiom
  • You are a shining star.
    Metaphor
    Simile
    Hyperbole
  • Wide-eyed and wondering while we wait for others to waken.
    Alliteration
    Idiom
    Personification
  • He's as skinny as a toothpick.
    Simile/Hyperbole
    Simile
    Hyperbole
  • Her eyes were fireflies.
    Idiom
    Metaphor
    Simile
  • I've told you a million times.
    Idiom
    Hyperbole
    Personification
  • They fought like cats and dogs.
    Simile
    Personification
    Idiom
  • The world is a stage.
    Metaphor
    Personification
    Idiom
  • She finished the race by the skin of her teeth.
    Personification
    Metaphor
    Idiom
  • The fireplace heater hissed and cracked.
    Simile
    Alliteration
    Onomatopoeia
  • He was as fast as lightning.
    Metaphor
    Simile
    Onomatopiea
  • I haven't seen you in ages.
    Hyperbole/Idiom
    Idiom
    Simile
  • The warrior has a heart of stone.
    Simile
    Idiom
    Metaphor
  • Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.
    Alliteration
    Personification
    Idiom
  • I have told you a million times to wash the dishes.
    Hyperbole
    Simile
    Onomatopoeia
  • The radio stared at me.
    Hyperbole
    Personification
    Alliteration
  • I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
    Idiom
    Simile
    Hyperbole
  • Opportunity knocked on the door.
    Personification
    Alliteration
    Idiom
  • The alarm clock yelled at me in the morning.
    Personification
    Simile
    Metaphor
  • He was as cool as a cucumber under pressure.
    Metaphor
    Personification
    Simile
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